Friday, September 27, 2024 -Prison experts have given reasons why controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, was separated from other inmates at the correctional centre.
The experts also denied claims of a VIP section.
In an interview with Arise TV, on Friday, the Director General of
the Prison Rehabilitation Mission, Bishop Kayode Williams, explained the
accommodations provided for inmates based on different categories.
He said, “There are accommodations for condemned prisoners,
those sentenced to death, who must not mingle with other inmates. The second
accommodation is convicted inmates, who are the owners of the prison.”
Addressing Bobrisky’s situation, Williams added, “The
accommodation that is provided for males, are they going to bring Idris with
his transgender body /look to go and sleep in the general cell? The first thing
they do is decide how to treat someone like that.
“They provided him a special place for protective custody because, with
his appearance, he would be in danger. He looks like a woman, moves like a
woman, and there are homosexual inmates who would be willing to take things to
extreme lengths.”
Former National PRO of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Francis
Enobore, corroborated Williams’ comments, explaining that the service profiles
each inmate for both their safety and the general prison environment.
“Yes, he confessed in court that he is a
man but he came in bodily showing that he is a woman. Some of the people behind
bars are unrepentant homosexuals. There is no doubt that if care is not taken,
we will have a very serious security situation on our hands,” he said.
However, Enobore refuted claims of Bobrisky being given a private
section, stating, “There’s no such thing as a private apartment or
anything special in the prison.”
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